EDMONTON - The cost of generating electricity will jump by 50 per cent if the province orders Alberta coal-fired power stations to stop venting carbon dioxide too quickly, a senior greenhouse-gas cleanup specialist predicted Saturday.
Gradual action to install new equipment and replace old plants will be needed to keep energy prices reasonable by giving industry time to achieve emissions reduction targets, said Bill Gunter, the Alberta Research Council's principal carbon capture and storage scientist.
"It's something we have to deal with -- it won't go away," he told teachers and professors attending a chemistry conference in Edmonton.
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